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BARREL TR'UOK.

No. 372,137. Patented 001:. 25, 1887.

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JOSIAS J. GEORGE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BARREL-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,137, dated October25, 1887.

' Application filed August 11, 1887. Serial No. 246,670. (No model.)

My invention relates to a hand truck for the convenient handling ofbarrels and casks containing merchandise, and is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of thetruck. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view. Fig. 3 is an end view. Figs. 4 and5 are views of the dog.

The letter A designates the axle, and b the wheels. A guardplate, 0,extends length- -wise on top of the axle, and each end curves upwardtherefrom, as at d, and passes over the top rim of one wheel and thendown on the outer side thereof, as at e, and attaches to the extremity'of the axle-arm. By this construction the parts d of the plate whichpass over the wheels serve as guards, and the depressed central portionbetween the said two guards serves as a seat forthe rounded side of abarrel or similar package. This depressed central part of the plate 0may have two pointed prongs,f, to enter slightly into the v wooden sidesof the barrel, and thereby prevent it from slipping. A straight tongue,G, is attached to the axle, and projects therefrom any desired length.It must be long enough to serve all the purposes of a tongue or handlefor shifting or controlling the truck.

In cross-section the tongue is rectangular in shape, as shown in Fig. 5,and a short distance from the axle are two arms, h, projecting' atopposite sides of the tongue. These two arms serve the same end that across-bar would,

40 and"support two pointed prongs, t, which,

when a barrel is on the truck, willenter the sides of the barrel andprevent it from rollingor slipping.

A dog, J, of peculiar construction, is at- 5 tached to the tongue andhas two movements a pivoted or tilting movement in a vertical planecoincident with the length of the tongueand a sliding movementlengthwise of the tongue. The construction of the dog J is plainly shownin Figs. 4 and 5. The body has a long slot or loop,-k, which is occupiedby the tongue G. The two long sides of the tongue; but the length of theloop 7c is so much greater than the greatest breadth of the tongue thatroom is afforded for the dog J topivot or tilt in a vertical planecoincident with the length of the tongue.

It will be observed that while the dog may slide lengthwise of thetongue it so tits the flat sides of thetongue that it will not revolvethereon. At one end of the loop-body is a hook, Z, which is to engagewith the uppermost chine of a barrel, and at the opposite end of theloop body is a handle, m. By grasping the handle at the dog may betilted to turn up the hook Z, and thereby disengage it from thebarrel-chine, as indicated by broken lines in Fig. 1, or the dog may bemoved lengthwise of the tongue.

From the foregoing description the operation or use of the truck will bereadily understood.

A truck of this construction enables heavy barrels and casks ofdifferent sizes to be handled and moved in crowded places where it wouldbe inconvenient or impossible to roll them.

Having described my invention, I claim and States- 1. In a hand-truck,the combination, with the axle A, wheels b, the tongue G, connected tothe axle, the cross arm h, with prongs i, se-

nected to the tongue and vertically adjustable thereon, as shown anddescribed.

2. In a hand -truck, the combination of the axle A, Wheels b, aguard-plate, O, bent to rest on the top of the axle, as shown, saidplate curving upward and passing over the wheels (2, and bent downwardand attached to the ends of the axle, a tongue, G, a cross-arm on saidtongue with prongs i, and a slotted dog, J, vertically adjustable onsaid tongue, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOSIAS J. GEQRGE.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. MoRRIs, JNo. T. MADDOX.

desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United.

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